Grief~
Seth Callan
Dundarien, Aleron
Seth trailed after Captain Royce, walking the corridors of Dundarien in silence. His unannounced visit seemed to have unsettled the old soldier, but he had stopped short of questioning Seth’s demand to see Gaven. They stopped at a stairway spiraling up a turret.
“He’s up there,” said Royce. “Don’t judge him too harshly.”
Seth started up alone, wishing to be anywhere but there. He didn’t want to confront Gaven in his grief. He didn’t want to intrude on a man’s private pain. But Gaven’s time for mourning had stretched on long enough, and his family, estate, and clan were showing the strain of bearing responsibilities that belonged on his shoulders.
Aengus had tried. Isobel had tried. They’d all tried. It was time to deliver the blunt words Seth had
